(a species of round fungus-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Leiodidae
Subfamily: Coloninae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap) — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Baker, S.C. (2006). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
